Quote Originally Posted by Chuplayer View Post
No, you need to play the games. Especially MGS2. You need to be taken for the ride before you can appreciate MGS4.
Not at all. I can barely remember the plots of movies I've seen in the last few weeks, let alone a plot as convoluted as MGS2 from 6 years ago. A simple refresher course of the entire Metal Gear storyline from Wikipedia is good enough for me. I'm appreciating MGS4 just fine.